Third edition of the tournament takes place at the Royal Primerose Tennis Club in Brussels…wildcards went to Brit Elena Baltacha, Belgiuan Alison Van Uytvanck, and the top seed Wozniacki…Pulling from the event were Irina-Camelia Begu, Simona Halep, Kristina Mladenovic, Ayumi Morita and Aggie Radwanska…Radwanska beat Halep in last year’s final…The country that produced recent No. 1s Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin now has no players in the Top 20 and only two in the Top 100…Interesting qualifying field contains former world No. 1 junior Taylor Townsend, Shahar Peer and former US Open sensation Melanie Oudin…Wozniacki (2011) is the lone returning former champ in the field.

Serena takes the high road in responding to Sloane Stephens’s attack.

Sloane Stephens and Serena Williams are not friends!

Sloane Stephens continues to struggle under the spotlight.

Sloane Stephens is finding it tough to transition into the role of superstar on the WTA Tour.

Rafael Nadal looked good, not great, in his hardcourt debut while the American youngsters crashed out.

Rafael Nadal makes his return to hardcourts Saturday at Indian Wells while Roger Federer opens his title defense.

Victoria Azarenka earned a controversial win over teen Sloane Stephens to book her spot in the Australian Open finals where she’ll meet Li Na Saturday. Novak Djokovic raced in the men’s final. He’ll await Friday’s Roger Federer-Andy Murray winner.

“I don’t know how many unforced errors I ended up hitting, but for sure more in one set than I probably did in the whole tournament,” she said. “So I think her level was high. But as for my end, I mean, you can tell. You each can say this is definitely not my best match in months.”

Sloane Stephens made a majestic breakthrough today at the Australian Open.